Paulette Bourgeois Libri

Franklin the turtle starts his own secret club with his friends.

In this Franklin Classic Storybook, Franklin realizes his fear about a class trip to the museum was unnecessary.

Franklin agonizes over what to give his mother on her birthday.

Franklin has always lived in the same house in the same town, and he's grown up with the same friends. Then new neighbors move in -- the Moose family! At school, Mr. Owl asks Franklin to be Moose's buddy. Initially, Franklin is afraid of Moose because of his size but he soon realizes that despite their differences, he has made a new friend in this Franklin Classic Storybook.

Franklin has lots of friends and one best friend named Bear. They play tag, hopscotch and ball. But Franklin always wants to pick the game and make the rules. No one wants to play with him --- he's too bossy! In this Classic Franklin Storybook, Franklin learns he can't always have his own way.

In this Franklin Classic Storybook, Franklin can count forwards and backwards. He can zip zippers and button buttons. He can slide down a riverbank by himself. He can even sleep alone in his small, dark shell. And ever since he was small, he really wanted a pet.

Even though he is very slow and has many distractions on the way, Franklin the turtle manages to get to Bear's house just in time for a special event.

In the heat of excitement, Franklin invites all of his friends to his birthday party at Tamarack Play Park, but he soon learns from his parents that they can only afford to pay for two of his friends, not all of them, and Franklin wonders what to do. Original.

This Franklin Classic Storybook is the perfect sibling story of hurt feelings and learning to share.

"When the school organizes a Christmas toy drive for needy children, Franklin has trouble deciding which toy to give away" Cf. Our choice, 1999-2000.